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Originally Posted by Sirius
The more they try to block it the more it will be circumnavigated and that's a FACT. I don't use Torrents and i don't use the TPB, but i will do anything i can to ensure we have a non censored internet.
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I absolutely agree. But that does
not include access to illegal content.
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Originally Posted by _wtf_
These people want to charge garages, restaurants etc. for having a radio playing in the background. They've actually taken people to court for doing it.
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Yes. Because it counts as 'public performance', for which you need a licence.
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Originally Posted by Russ
PRS make me laugh. I get what they're trying to do - ensuring artists get appropriate royalties. But did you know, in short the law says that if you're playing music that another party can hear - for example a shop owner having the radio on that a customer can hear - then that person ought to pay for a licence?
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See above comment.
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Originally Posted by _wtf_
As just about every household pays for a license that funds the BBC and the BBC pays the PRS for playing the music surely you can play your radio as loud as you like because anyone that hears it most likely pays for a license anyway?
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
So do they turn up to those residents around a music festival site or open air concerts and demand money with menaces?
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No, because the music festival
should be licensed.